Severe weather was reported in the northeast Thursday and spawned a tornado that touched town just outside Massachusetts.

Severe weather was reported in the northeast Thursday and spawned a tornado that touched town just outside Massachusetts.

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Updated: 11:22 PM EDT May 22, 2014

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WEBVTT LAKEVIEW PAVILION. THE OWNERS SAY THEY ARE PLANNING TO BRE. REVERE STORMS LASHING OUT TONIGHT. A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN JUST OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS NU VIDEO TONIGHT OF A HOME COMPLETELY WIPED OUT BOY THOUGH STORM AND ALSO SEEING TRACTOR TRAILERS TOPPLED ON BUSY HIGHWAYS AND TREES RIPPED OUT. WCVB NEWSCENTER 5'S PHIL LIPOF HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. PHIL? ED, IT IS IMPRESSIVE DAMAGE. STRONG WIND, HEAVY ARE IN, HAIL, EVEN A TORNADO. THE NORTHEAST WAS HIT HARD TODAY. THERE ARE PRETTY SPECTACULAR PICTURES WE WANT TO SHOW YOU. LET'S BEGIN IN NEW YORK. THE ENTIRE SIDE OF THIS BUILDING HAS LITERALLY JUST FALLEN. JUST NORTHWEST OF ALBANY. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND BROUGHT WITH IT A FAIR AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION. A WE'RE GETTING REPORTS OF NUMEROUS HOMES DESTROYED. IN ALL, THREE HOMES WERE DAMAGED. WITHIN DESTROYED. POWER LINES ARE DOWNED. TREES SNAPPED LIKE TWIGS. WE NEVER HAD A STORM LIKE THAT. RIGHT IN THE AREA. SEVERE STORMS MOVING ALL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST LOOK AT THIS. THE STREETS OF REDDING, PENS RAIN, LITTERED WITH HAIL. THESE WOMEN WERE TRYING TO WEEK'S CROSS THE PARKING LOT. SOME OF THE SO BIG AND HEAVY IT CAME CRASHING THROUGH CAR WINDOWS. LOOK THAT CONSIDER AND THIS ROUGH. SMASHING THROUGH THE SKY LIGHT THAT MALL. GOLF BALL-SIZE HAIL IN NORTH WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. THE STORM SHUTTING DOWN TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE. THE BAY BRIDGE IN MARYLAND SHUT DOWN FOR AWHILE AS WELL. WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT ALONE IN DENVER, TODAY.

Severe storms lash northeast

Severe weather was reported in the northeast Thursday and spawned a tornado that touched town just outside Massachusetts.